by Madeline Schrock | Apr 11, 2018 | Cross-Training, Profiles
Madeline DeVries, of Alonzo King LINES Ballet, starts her days with a bike ride or strength work. Warm-up on wheels: Madeline DeVries’ commute doubles as a workout. Two or three days a week, the Alonzo King LINES Ballet dancer bikes about seven miles through San...
by Amy Brandt | Jul 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
It may be the middle of summer, but San Francisco Ballet is already rehearsing for its spring season. There’s a lot to prepare for—the company’s Unbound: A Festival of New Works, which runs April 20–May 6, 2018, will feature 12 new ballets by...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 28, 2017 | Ask Amy
I’m performing in a contemporary ballet piece for the first time and every rehearsal feels like I’ve never danced a day in my life. Help! —Simone When I was a young corps member, I was cast in Alonzo King’s MAP. I was so excited—until I...
by Rachel Elson | Mar 31, 2010 | Company Life
Alonzo King’s company digs into the mysteries of movement with boundary-breaking collaborations, including his latest work, a reimagining of Fokine’s Schéhérazade. When LINES Ballet takes the stage, what you see is never simple. Choreographer and founder Alonzo King’s...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
The Ballets Russes famously emphasized collaboration between choreographers and composers, and Alonzo King’s work with world musicians follows in this tradition. It’s fitting, then, that Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet is scheduled to open the Monaco Dance Forum’s...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Since the creation of San Francisco–based Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet 23 years ago, its dancers have been a tall, leggy bunch. But these days, the nine company members are more than tall—they look like demigods capable of unearthly pretzeling and...